 Meredith's engagement to Ted ends when he stumbles down a Llanview Hospital staircase to his death while arguing with Larry.Nurse Karen Martin (Niki Flacks) tells police she overheard Larry and Ted arguing over Meredith and Larry threatening Ted, and Larry is arrested for murder.Larry (Jim Storm) stand trial for the death and is nearly convicted until a revelation in court that Larry threatened Ted to keep secret Meredith suffered from a terminal blood disease and, ultimately, that Ted had fallen by accident.